Meiofauna metabolism in suboxic sediments: currently overestimated.

Oxygen is recognized as a structuring factor of metazoan communities in marine sediments. The importance of oxygen as a controlling factor on meiofauna (32 µm-1 mm in size) respiration rates is however less clear. Typically, respiration rates are measured under oxic conditions, after which these rat...

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Main Authors: Ulrike Braeckman, Jan Vanaverbeke, Magda Vincx, Dick van Oevelen, Karline Soetaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610736?pdf=render